03/10/2026
TEXTILES/FASHION
Martin was from the make do and mend generation. Aside from repairing clothes he also created his own and even one or two dresses for the lovely ladies in his life. As a young shipwright touring on the Royal Yacht in Japan he procured some brocade with a plan to make his Mother a dress but sadly she died before Martin returned home.
Eventually Martin made a dress and it was obviously beautiful as it ended up being worn as a wedding dress no less! by Martin’s, soon to be, sister in law. Still trying to find the pictures of said dress, will share soon! There is a pic of mum, smoking of course, with my sister a forrest and mum is wearing another dress made by dad!
Below you can see one of the many colourful flags Martin made for his studio.
The T-shirts are from many moons ago, the Isle of Wight was one of many produced for the island tourism market and the other I’m wearing in the portrait, I wore it proudly to countless parties and events and always got plenty of comps! Both printed on a homemade 4x silk screen press, this was way back in the early 90s before Glory Art Glass, dad’s company was called “Northcourt Originals” Northcourt being the name of our home where he had a basement and several sheds where he worked.
You can view textiles along with many other original creations at our Martin Evans Memorial Retrospective Exhibition
Open 10am-5pm mon-sat until the 21st of October.